Relatos de pais sobre o uso obrigatório de assentos de segurança infantil no Brasil

Abstract

The starting point in this study is the mandatory use of children restraints (SRI) in Brazil, as per Resolution 277/08 of the National Traffic Council, which regulates transportation of children under the age of 10 and the use of SRI when transporting them using passenger vehicles. Our aim was to understand what is the effect of this lagislation on its target public by interviewing twelve parents of children under seven and a half years old who transport them using private vehicles. Our conclusions underline the ambivalence of its target public with respect to the use of the devices. Two ways to categorize the SRI stood out: some parents perceive the device as something that does promote safety for children and others use it only to avoid getting a traffic violation ticket by the traffic authority.